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The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
by Bragg, Melvyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0340829915
- ISBN 13
- 9780340829912
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton, 2003-10-13. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 354pp. (cream & blue spine) Flat signed by the author in ink to the title page. Large 8vo. sized. A lovely, fresh, clean, tight, bright copy in similar jacket. A light bump to the tail of the spine and to the upper rear board corner with slight associated creasing to the overlying jacket. First edition, first impression with the number '1' in the number string to the title page. A lovely, fresh, clean, tight, bright flat signed copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022302
- Title
- The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
- Author
- Bragg, Melvyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0340829915
- ISBN 13
- 9780340829912
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003-10-13
- X weight
- 26 oz
Terms of Sale
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- Tail
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